Downfall (2004 movie)

Downfall (German: Der Untergang) is a 2004 German war movie about the final days of Adolf Hitler, the Nazi dictator of Germany, in the Führerbunker. It is set in Berlin in 1945.^[2] The movie was first released in German on 16 September 2004.

Downfall
Directed by	Oliver Hirschbiegel
Written by	Joachim Fest Bernd Eichinger Traudl Junge Melissa Müller
Produced by	Bernd Eichinger
Starring	Bruno Ganz Alexandra Maria Lara Corinna Harfouch Ulrich Matthes Juliane Köhler
Cinematography	Rainer Klausmann
Edited by	Hans Funck
Music by	Stephan Zacharias
Distributed by	Constantin Film Newmarket Films (English subtitles)
Release dates	September 16, 2004 (Germany) February 18, 2005 (USA)
Running time	156 minutes (original cut) 178 minutes (extended cut)
Countries	Germany Italy Austria
Languages	German Russian
Budget	€13,500,000[1]
Box office	$92,180,910[1]

The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

A scene in the film, where Hitler become angry and goes into a furious tirade when he finally realizes that the war is truly lost is known for being parodied and has an internet meme.^[3] British Labour MP Tom Harris stepped down from his internet adviser role because of the media reaction to a Downfall parody which made fun of Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond.^[4]

Cast

• Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler
• Alexandra Maria Lara as Traudl Junge
• Juliane Köhler as Eva Braun
• Thomas Kretschmann as SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein
• Christian Redl as Generaloberst Alfred Jodl
• Corinna Harfouch as Magda Goebbels
• Ulrich Matthes as Joseph Goebbels
• Heino Ferch as Albert Speer
• André Hennicke as SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke
• Ulrich Noethen as Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler
• Christian Berkel as Ernst-Günther Schenck
• Dieter Mann as Feldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel